If you went back to the early 1870s, you would find that Birmingham – a stinking cesspit of great wealth and horrific poverty – was…
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In 1978-9, the famous Winter of Discontent brought down the Callaghan government. At that time the Labour government was trying to enforce a 5% pay…
There are some who will wish to pretend that the result of the general election had no bearing whatsoever on the Brexit negotiations the UK…
Our new report A Very British Brexit suggests that, paradoxically, the 2017 general election result provides the political context in which the Brexit process can be delivered…
Successful leadership in politics is to have a vision that can stretch across traditional voting patterns and a set of values that resonate with a…
Some years ago now, I met the anthropologist Polly Wiessner, the expert on the complex network of reciprocal obligations in the culture of !Kung bushmen….
I have been writing less of late, blog-wise. There are several reasons for this, not the least of which has been the birth of my…
An American travelling in, say, Nigeria who is asked to make a cash payment for someone to ’smooth the process’ they should be doing as…
They used to say that the interest rates of British banks were controlled by the eyebrows of the governor of the Bank of England. If…
Having worked with Tim Farron, albeit briefly, I found myself respecting his integrity, his ability to communicate with anyone and his capacity for what the…
Now the dust has settled on the election result (if not its consequences), it might be worth re-visiting the question about whether May calling the…
Any deal between the DUP and the Conservatives will be a disaster for the Conservatives, the DUP and Northern Ireland – both sides should walk…